Example sentences of "[verb] out the old " in BNC.
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| 1 | While tearing out the old central heating and installing new , they had daringly put in new patio windows looking on to the rear garden ( where they had done away with mouldy flowerbeds full of Michaelmas daisies and had built a tiled area complete with ornamental pool and a lion 's head which dripped water into the pool ) , as well as redecorating most of the house in a lighter , more ‘ eighties ’ , way . |
| 2 | In fact , my dear , we 've looked out the old bath chair . |
| 3 | Little did we know that G P T did n't actually write the software properly , and what was happening was that people writing new numbers in were knocking out the old numbers , alright ? |
| 4 | Peter Wharton , charged with protecting the magician puppet , said : ‘ Sooty bears out the old truism that life begins at 40 1992 will see him gain legs and a new Nineties image . |
| 5 | before we think too much of the New Year lets see out the old … and first the Central South Sporting Champions … |
| 6 | do I have to look out the old greatcoat , woolly hat , scarf and gloves of my hippy days ? |
| 7 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 8 | He walked all over Lyne picking up blocks of red sandstone ashlar and pointing out the old grooves and cramp-holes . |
| 9 | Fashions are ephemeral ; new ones regularly drive out the old . ’ |
| 10 | Hold the piston with a wrench and use another to unscrew the washer cover , then prise out the old washer and fit a replacement . |
| 11 | Tess and Abraham dressed , led out the old horse Prince with the loaded waggon , and set off in the dark . |
| 12 | Ring out the old ring in the new . |
| 13 | She opens it , letting out the old used air , and clambers in . |
| 14 | Kopyion pulled out the old revolver stolen from the Academician 's apartment and moved over the fallen figure . |
| 15 | For 8 years she 's hired out the old gym near her home to local bands . |
| 16 | Hack out the old fire surround . |
| 17 | To get it to work properly , we have to clear out the old powder , which are our old conditioned thought patterns , and replace them with the right ones . |
| 18 | Perhaps now we 'll see a happier Oval under a manager who 's prepared to clear out the old guard from ex-stalwarts down to assistant kitman . |
| 19 | Years ago goalkeepers did n't worry about fisting out the old , sodden laced-up ball and today 's lighter versions can be punched way outside the penalty area if connected with properly . |
| 20 | Though this is the priority at the moment , we have also cleaned a small patch of the stonework under the arch , cutting out the old mortar and wire brushing the surface . |
| 21 | One of their ideas is to put a band on a lorry and drive round the block at lunch-time belting out the old traddies — the stuff you play . |
| 22 | They love chucking out the old to buy new and will almost pay people to take it away . |
| 23 | There was unrest in some twenty-six English and Welsh towns on 20 October , the day of George 's coronation , by which time the new monarch had already begun to turn out the old Tory ministers and replace them by Whigs . |
| 24 | This implies that many carnosaurs hunted in herds or packs like wolves , weeding out the old , infirm and unprotected young , since solitary predators like lions tend to kill prey their own size or smaller . |
| 25 | Dr Mortimer took out the old Baskerville papers and read them to Sir Henry . |
| 26 | She observes that by taking out the old fuse and putting a new one in she has caused the iron to work again . |
| 27 | Taking out the old cistern itself can be even more difficult since they were usually put in place as the house was built , so will not go through the loft hatch . |
| 28 | This involves unscrewing the retaining nut , removing the end cap and plunger and prising out the old diaphragm with a small screwdriver . |
| 29 | It was a minute to midnight when Joan and John reached her parents ' house as the bells were beginning to ring out the old year . |
| 30 | The Cherry and Whites ca n't wait to ring out the old and ring in the new . |